LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


Know by all these present, that the undersigned hereby authorizes Jackson Hsieh,
Chief Executive Officer and President, Michael Hughes, Chief Financial Officer,
Rochelle Thomas, General Counsel and Secretary and Jay Young, Chief
Administrative Officer and Chief Legal Officer of Spirit Realty Capital Inc.
(the "Company"), each in their respective capacities as such, and each of their
respective successors in such offices, and each of them, to execute for and on
behalf of the undersigned, all Forms 3, 4, and 5, and any amendments thereto, in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary,
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities and exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of, and transactions in, securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

In Witness Whereof, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 18th day of May, 2022.




                                         /s/ Nicholas P. Shepherd
                                         Signature



                                         Nicholas P. Shepherd
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